Ua ʻolu nō ke kino i ka hula.
ʻO ia aʻela kekahi poʻo nūhou o kēia lā, ka lā 8 o ʻApelila, he Pōʻakahi. Welina e nā makamaka. ʻO Ke Aolama kēia a penei ka nūhou.
Niniu ana Molokaʻi, poahi Lānaʻi i ka hopena pule nei. A ʻo nā mea a pau o ia mau pō, he nani hoʻi kau a koe aku. A ʻo ka hālau poʻokela o ia mau ahiahi i lilo aku ai ka Makana Mau Loa ʻo Lokalia Montgomery, ʻo ia nō ʻo Ka Lā ʻŌnohi Mai O Haʻehaʻe, a ʻo Tracie lāua ʻo Keawe Lopes nā kumu hula. A ʻo ka hālau i hahai koke aku nō ma hope, ʻo Hālau Ka Lei Mokihana o Leinaʻala, ʻo Leinaʻala Pavao Jardin ke kumu hula. A lilo aku nei ka makana helu ʻekolu i ka Hula Hālau ʻo Kamuela, ʻo Kūnewa Mook lāua ʻo Kauʻionālani Kamanaʻo nā kumu hula. A ma ia kaʻina like nō i kau ai ia mau hālau ma ka hano hāweo ma ka māhele wahine holoʻokoʻa. A ma ka māhele kāne holoʻokoʻa, ʻo Hālau Hiʻiakaināmakalehua ka ʻoi, ʻo Robert Keano Kaʻupu IV lāua ʻo Lono Padilla nā kumu hula. A ʻo Hālau Nā Mamo O Puʻuanahulu kai ke kūlana ʻelua, ʻo William Kahakuleilehua Haunuʻu Sonny Ching lāua ʻo Lopaka Igarta-De Vera nā kumu hula. A ʻo Hālau Kekuaokalāʻauʻalaʻiliahi kai ke kūlana ʻekolu, ʻo Haunani lāua ʻo ʻIliahi Paredes nā kumu hula.
Aia kahi pila ma ka Hale o nā Lunamakaʻāinana o Hawaiʻi nei e hoʻomāhuahua ana i nā wahi noho i haʻahaʻa kūpono ke kumu kūʻai a me ka uku hoʻolimalima paha. Ma ka Pila Hale 2328, e ʻae ʻia ana ka lilo ʻana o ʻŌhiʻa Hale, o Blaisdell Hale a me Whitlow Hale i ke aupuni mokuʻāina i mea e hoʻomāhuahua ʻia ai nā wahi noho nona ke kumu kūʻai haʻahaʻa kūpono o ke aupuni mokuʻāina. Aia nō naʻe kekahi mau kānaka o ke Kaona Pākē e hopohopo ana o kipaku ʻia nā ʻoihana kamaʻāina o laila, he mau ʻoihana hoʻi nāna e lawelawe ana i nā kānaka kāwaʻe ʻia.
Eia mai kā kākou ʻōlelo noʻeau,
Hāʻale i ka wai a ka manu.
He ʻōlelo kēia no ke kanaka uʻi.